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...long scar, caused by a skateboarding accident in 1992, runs vertically down McCarthy's left leg. He tore his medial colateral and anterior cruciate ligaments while attempting to execute an ollie down a bank and now wears a padded brace to stabilize his knee...
...gold-medal winner in women's springboard diving at the Olympics in Antwerp. "At the time, I was just an eighth-grader from Brooklyn Heights competing for the Women's Swimming Association of New York," says Mrs. Soule, who now lives in Honolulu, where she still swims for the--brace yourself--Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Swim Club. "When Helen Wainwright, who was also 14, and I made the Olympic team that summer, U.S. officials tried to have us disqualified for being too young. But the manager of our club convinced them that we deserved to go to Antwerp and promised that we would...
DIED. ROSS HUNTER, 74, producer; of lymphoma; in Los Angeles. Hunter's movies were rarely mistaken for art--or for anyone else's work. From weepers (1954's Magnificent Obsession) to musicals (Thoroughly Modern Millie in 1967) to comedies (a brace of Doris Day films) to dramas (1970's Airport), the typical Hunter product offered a high-calorie menu of top-priced Hollywood stars, expensive sets and sumptuous costuming that gave tragedy and melodrama a gloss of glamour...
...that [conciliatory] gestures can only be interpreted as an attempt at manipulation," he says. "They will pursue terrorism as long as they can, and they should be answered in a determined way." In reply, "Ramzi" says, "One day we will force Israel to change its approach." Both sides should brace for new blows...
...know the scenario well: After the mockery and pity subsides, our friends settle into their long and luxurious vacations. We, however, must brace ourselves for our short one, which seems even shorter because of what lies ahead. Every January seems to be filled with too much unstructured time, too much guilt over unproductive winter breaks and too many days between when classes end and exams start. Year after year these gripes fall on deaf ears, and calendar reform seems hopeless...